"parallels to the journeys of Bernd and Hilla Becher in their VW-Bus, as well as to the travel diary of John Steinbeck “The Journey with Charley: In search of America’s"", who in 1960 undertook a three months journey through the USA with his already 10 year old French Poodle Charley in a specially designed Pickup-Camper, to revisit and rediscover the country he had been raised in and described in his novels. Yet different to John Steinbeck is, that in Daniel and Geo Fuchs’ project, the dog is not just company, but the purpose for the journey. The goal is always"
"some of his writings in a little house on the edge of his property in Sag Harbor. His view from the writing house overlooked the Upper Sag Harbor Cove. In his travelogue ""Travels with Charley"", Steinbeck starts an 11-week trip from Sag Harbor with his dog, Charley. The Sag Harbor-North Haven Bridge, renamed The LCpl Jordan Haerter Veterans' Memorial Bridge in November 2008, is notable as the site of Pop artist Ray Johnson's presumed suicide in 1995 as well as two abortive suicide attempts by monologist Spalding Gray, in September 2002 and October 2003. Sag Harbor is the birthplace of"
"actor, served as inspiration for ""The Red Pony"". Later he used actual American conditions and events in the first half of the 20th century, which he had experienced first-hand as a reporter. Steinbeck often populated his stories with struggling characters; his works examined the lives of the working class and migrant workers during the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression. His later work reflected his wide range of interests, including marine biology, politics, religion, history and mythology. One of his last published works was ""Travels with Charley"", a travelogue of a road trip he took in 1960 to rediscover America."
"They have been used successfully as flock guard dogs. The Leonberger received American Kennel Club recognition as a member of the Working Group on January 1, 2010, alongside the Icelandic Sheepdog and the Cane Corso. It was the 167th breed to be recognized by the AKC. Three Leonberger dogs (one was a female, and two males) played the main character Buck in """" (1997), a Canadian rendition of Jack London's ""The Call of the Wild"" which stars Rutger Hauer as John Thornton and is narrated by Richard Dreyfuss. The breed chosen in this movie was not the one identified as"
"field. Steinbeck wrote this book and ""The Grapes of Wrath"" in what is now Monte Sereno, California. An early draft of ""Of Mice and Men"" was eaten by Steinbeck's dog, named Max. Attaining the greatest positive response of any of his works up to that time, Steinbeck's novella was chosen as a Book of the Month Club selection before it was published. Praise for the work came from many notable critics, including Maxine Garrard (""Enquirer-Sun""), Christopher Morley, and Harry Thornton Moore (""New Republic""). ""New York Times"" critic Ralph Thompson described the novella as a ""grand little book, for all its"
"""Chalky's Bark"", brewed by Sharp's Brewery. Chalky was born in August 1989 and died on 13 January 2007, and was still filming with Rick until the last month of his life. His popularity was such that Conservative Member of Parliament Andrew Pelling tabled a motion in the House of Commons lamenting his death. Chalky Chalky was TV chef Rick Stein's rough-haired Jack Russell Terrier dog, who regularly accompanied Stein when filming his popular cookery shows and became recognised and popular in his own right - many of Stein's friends and interviewees claimed he was more famous than the chef himself."
"Charlie Dog (Looney Tunes) Charlie Dog, Charlie the Dog or Charles the Dog is an animated cartoon fictional character in the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes series of cartoons. Bob Clampett minted the scenario that Charlie Dog would later inherit in his cartoon short ""Porky's Pooch"", first released on 27 December 1941. A homeless hound pulls out all the stops to get adopted by bachelor Porky Pig. Mel Blanc would provide the dog's gruff, Brooklyn-Bugs Bunny-like voice and accent which became Charlie's standard voice. As he did for so many other ""Looney Tunes"" characters, Chuck Jones took Clampett's hound and transformed"
"from several breeds, including the Talbot Hound, the North Country Beagle, the Southern Hound, and possibly the Harrier. Beagles have been depicted in popular culture since Elizabethan times in literature and paintings, and more recently in film, television, and comic books. Snoopy of the comic strip ""Peanuts"" has been called ""the world's most famous beagle"". Dogs of similar size and purpose to the modern beagle can be traced in Ancient Greece back to around the 5th century BC. Xenophon, born around 430 BC, in his ""Treatise on Hunting"" or ""Cynegeticus"" refers to a hound that hunted hares by scent and"
"Sinbad (dog) Sinbad (c. 1937 – 30 December 1951) was a mixed-breed dog that was one of two animals to be classified as non-commissioned officers by an arm of the United States military, rather than property, prior to the enactment of regulations to prohibit such (the other being Sergeant Stubby USA, WWI) after being enlisted by the creative crew of . Prior to and after an official retirement, Sinbad was assigned the rank of K9C or ""Chief Dog"" - equivalent to Chief Petty Officer. At the time of the biography written by George Foley, no other member of the United"
"Kelley uses are based on a methodology created by Kevin Behan , author of ""Natural Dog Training"" and ""Your Dog Is Your Mirror."" (Behan's father was John M. Behan , a legendary K-9 Corps trainer during World War II, and the author of ""Dogs of War"".) Kelley's first dog, Charley, was featured on NBC's ""Late Night with David Letterman"" in a recurring segment titled ""Charlie [sic] the Bubble-Eating Dog (who never ate bubbles),"" which ran between 1989 and 1990. Charley's first appearance in the skit coincided with Julia Roberts' first appearance on ""Late Night"". Lee Charles Kelley Lee Charles Kelley"
"have been descended from the originally curly-coated King Charles Spaniel and the old-fashioned curly-coated Sussex Spaniel. Its original purpose may have been as a sporting dog, but it became more frequently used as a toy dog. By 1907, the breed was more popular in Europe than in the UK, especially in the Netherlands and Italy. There is a preserved specimen at the Natural History Museum at Tring. Named Robin, it was bred by Lady Wentworth and was born in 1911. It died in 1920 when the breed was said to be ""nearly extinct"". Lady Wentworth wrote about using Toy Trawler"
"recorded that ""animals are rare"" but listed ""wild dog"". MacGregor obtained the first specimen and later Charles Walter De Vis wrote a description of it in 1911. De Vis summarised from his description that: ...it is not a ""truly a wild dog""; in other words that there was a time when its forebears were not wild...But if we decide that this dog is merely feral, of a domestic breed run wild, as dogs are apt to do, how are we to account for its habitat on Mount Scratchley? In 1956, Albert Speer and J.P. Sinclair obtained a pair of singing"
"to be inducted with a star, after Schulz. Snoopy Snoopy is Charlie Brown's pet beagle in the comic strip ""Peanuts"" by Charles M. Schulz. He can also be found in all of the ""Peanuts"" movies and television specials, like ""The Peanuts Movie"". Since his debut on October 4, 1950, Snoopy has become one of the most recognizable and iconic characters in the comic strip, and is considered more famous than Charlie Brown in other countries. The original drawings of Snoopy were inspired by Spike, one of Schulz's childhood dogs. Snoopy is a loyal, innocent, imaginative and good-natured beagle who is"
"National Steinbeck Center in Salinas. John Steinbeck John Ernst Steinbeck Jr. (; February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was an American author. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature ""for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception."" He has been called ""a giant of American letters,"" and many of his works are considered classics of Western literature. During his writing career, he authored 27 books, including 16 novels, six non-fiction books, and two collections of short stories. He is widely known for the comic novels ""Tortilla Flat"" (1935) and ""Cannery"
"1967 when he was strangled by his choke chain lead that caught on a tree branch while he was eating cheddar cheese near his new home in Surrey. He was buried in his owner's back garden, and his collar is on display in the National Football Museum in Manchester. An entirely fictional version of the story was told in a 2006 ITV drama written by Michael Chaplin, called ""Pickles: The Dog Who Won The World Cup"". He was voiced by Harry Enfield. A plaque was put up in September 2018, near the spot where Pickles found the World Cup Trophy"
"Country Beagle and Southern Hound had been lost, but there was still a large variation in size, character, and reliability among the emerging packs. In 1856, ""Stonehenge"" (the pseudonym of John Henry Walsh), writing in the ""Manual of British Rural Sports"", was still dividing beagles into four varieties: the medium beagle; the dwarf or lapdog beagle; the fox beagle (a smaller, slower version of the Foxhound); and the rough-coated or terrier beagle, which he classified as a cross between any of the other varieties and one of the Scottish terrier breeds. Stonehenge also gives the start of a standard description:"
"His work also includes interviews and syndicated libertarian op-ed columns. In 2009 he retired from daily newspaper work to focus on writing books. Bill Steigerwald Bill Steigerwald is an author and former journalist. He is part of a prominent Pittsburgh family of media figures. Steigerwald wrote ""Dogging Steinbeck; Discovering America and Exposing The Truth About Travels with Charley"", retracing author John Steinbeck's ""Travels with Charley"" journey to the Western United States. Steigerwald also wrote ""30 Days a Black Man"" about ""Pittsburgh Post-Gazette"" reporter Ray Sprigle's undercover investigation of the Jim Crow Era American South. Steigerwald traveled in the South for"
"John Lloyd Price, squire of Rhiwlas Estate and friend of Sewallis Shirley, MP, founder of the Kennel Club that same year. Ten dogs competed and over 300 spectators attended. The winner was Mr. James Thompson with Tweed, a compact, black and tan Scottish bred dog with a foxy face. The first Scottish sheepdog trial was held at the Carnworth Agricultural Society Show in Lanarkshire around 1874. It is reported that the winner was James Gardner of Pentland with a black and white bitch named Sly, who worked with 'eye.' The prize was one pound, which was considerable money in those"
"Manaia, New Zealand, in his memory. A former US Marine also donated to George's owner a Purple Heart award he had received for service in Vietnam. In the UK, one of the more recognisable canine stars was restaurateur and chef Rick Stein's irrepressible terrier Chalky, who frequently upstaged his owner on his various cookery series. He was unique in having his own line of merchandise, including plushes, tea towels, art prints, art paw prints and two real ales – ""Chalky's Bite"" and ""Chalky's Bark"", which won gold in the Quality Drink Awards 2009. Chalky was given a BBC obituary when"
"""Travels with Charley,"" and wrote about it in a 2011 article titled ""Sorry, Charley,"" published in ""Reason"" magazine. He later self-published his analysis in a 2012 book, titled ""Dogging Steinbeck"". Steigerwald concluded that ""Travels"" contains such a level of invention, and Steinbeck took such great liberty with the truth, that the work has limited claim to being non-fiction. He uses the dialogue with the itinerant Shakespearean actor near Alice, North Dakota to exemplify his point. On October 12 Steinbeck wrote a letter to his wife describing a motel in the Badlands where he was staying, the same date, October 12,"
"a pet shaggy sheepdog named ""Tramp"". The Shaggy Dog (1959 film) The Shaggy Dog is a black-and-white 1959 Walt Disney film about Wilby Daniels, a teenage boy who by the power of an enchanted ring of the Borgias is transformed into the title character, a shaggy Old English Sheepdog. The film was based on the story ""The Hound of Florence"" by Felix Salten. It is directed by Charles Barton and stars Fred MacMurray, Tommy Kirk, Jean Hagen, Kevin Corcoran, Tim Considine, Roberta Shore, and Annette Funicello. This was Walt Disney's first live-action comedy. Walt Disney Productions filmed a successful sequel"
"point. The dog was then handed to a student, Henry Dale, a future Nobel laureate, who removed the dog's pancreas, then killed him with a knife through the heart. This became a point of embarrassment during the libel trial, when Bayliss's laboratory assistant, Charles Scuttle, testified that the dog had been killed with chloroform or the ACE mixture. After Scuttle's testimony Dale told the court that he had, in fact, used a knife. On 14 April 1903 Lind af Hageby and Schartau showed their unpublished 200-page diary to the barrister Stephen Coleridge, secretary of the National Anti-Vivisection Society. Stephen Coleridge"
"Chaser (dog) Chaser is a Border Collie with the largest tested memory of any non-human animal. She can identify and retrieve 1,022 toys by name. She was taught by retired Wofford College professor and psychologist John W. Pilley, with the formal research published. Chaser's owner (John W. Pilley) died on Sunday, June 17, 2018. In April, he had been diagnosed with leukemia. Pilley would have turned ninety on July 1, 2018. In addition to being able to recognize the names of more than one thousand toys, she recognizes common nouns such as house, tree and ball. Based on that learning,"
"original use. Changes in agricultural methods over the last hundred years led to many of these dogs being abandoned, turning feral and becoming a problem for those that raise cattle and horses. Today, most of the breed has been removed from its native range and purpose, and is kept as a companion and guard dog. It was first exhibited at a dog show in 1914, and the first written breed standard was by veterinarian Manuel Marques, in 1935, and the breed was recognised by the Clube Portugues de Canicultura, the official Fédération Cynologique Internationale kennel club for Portugal founded in"
"to the dogs most frequently associated with her, the Pembroke Welsh Corgi. In 2008, the BBC documentary ""Pedigree Dogs Exposed"" was critical of the breeding of a variety of pedigree breeds including the King Charles Spaniel. The show highlighted issues involving syringomyelia in both the King Charles and Cavalier breeds. Mark Evans, the chief veterinary advisor for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA), said, ""Dog shows using current breed standards as the main judging criteria actively encourage both the intentional breeding of deformed and disabled dogs and the inbreeding of closely related animals""; this opinion"
"paid by Bismarck. In 1899, the price ranged between $50 and $200 for a King Charles or Blenheim, with the Ruby and Prince Charles Spaniel ranging between $50 and $150. Anne Brontë's ""Flossy,"" given to her by the Robinson children when she left her governorship of them, was a King Charles Spaniel. In 1903, the Kennel Club attempted to amalgamate the King James (black and tan), Prince Charles (tricolour), Blenheim and Ruby spaniels into a single breed called the Toy Spaniel. The Toy Spaniel Club, which oversaw those separate breeds, strongly objected, and the argument was only resolved following the"
"Shakespeare's Dog Shakespeare's Dog is a novel by Canadian writer Leon Rooke, published in 1983. The novel tells the story of William Shakespeare's early career, including his aspirations to break through to popular success as a writer and his courtship and eventual marriage to Anne Hathaway, from the perspective of Hooker, Shakespeare's pet dog. The novel won the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 1983 Governor General's Awards, and was a shortlisted finalist for the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. A 20th-anniversary edition of the novel was reissued in 2003 by Dundurn Press. It was later adapted"
"like a piece of machinery."" Bootlegger had previously drawn attention at an all-terriers show held by seven major American breed clubs, where he was the top American bred dog. Barberryhill Bootlegger Ch. Barberryhill Bootlegger was a Sealyham Terrier and the 1924 best in show winner at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. He was born December 31, 1920, to breeder and owner Bayard Warren, in Pride's Crossing, Massachusetts. This was the first Westminster held under the newly revised rules for judging group and best in show winners. Paul E. Lockwood described the dog as ""a Massachusetts Yankee of backwoods stock"""
"its lack of speed and deliberate nature, it was considered best used for hunting game such as hare or deer, which would eventually be exhausted by its relentless pursuit and, unlike a fox or rabbit, could not escape to the safety of a den or burrow. It was still common south of the River Trent in the 18th century. Further north the North Country Beagle or Northern Hound was favoured. This was a faster dog but probably lacked the delicate nose of the Southern Hound. In his ""The Dog, in Health and Disease"" in 1859, ""Stonehenge"" (the pen name of"
"centuries: the Byerley Turk (1680s), the Darley Arabian (1704), and the Godolphin Arabian (1729). Other stallions of oriental breeding were less influential, but still made noteworthy contributions to the breed. These included the Alcock's Arabian, D'Arcy's White Turk, Leedes Arabian, and Curwen's Bay Barb. Another was the Brownlow Turk, who, among other attributes, is thought to be largely responsible for the gray coat color in Thoroughbreds. In all, about 160 stallions of Oriental breeding have been traced in the historical record as contributing to the creation of the Thoroughbred. The addition of horses of Eastern bloodlines, whether Arabian, Barb, or"
"of the Restoration. Various health issues affect this particular breed. During the early part of the 18th century, John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, kept red and white King Charles type spaniels for hunting. The duke recorded that they were able to keep up with a trotting horse. His estate was named Blenheim in honour of his victory at the Battle of Blenheim. Because of this influence, the red and white variety of the King Charles Spaniel and thus the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel became known as the Blenheim. Attempts were made to recreate the original Cavalier King Charles Spaniel"
"used as a work horse by farmers and others. It was also a fast horse with good stamina. Another famous horse was the stallion Original Shales, foaled in East Anglia in 1755. He was by the stallion Blaze, the son of the famous undefeated racehorse, Flying Childers who was a grandson of the great Darley Arabian (one of the three foundation stallions of the Thoroughbred breed). Original Shales sired two stallions—Scot Shales and Driver—both of which had a great influence on the Norfolk Trotter. Messenger (GB), a 1780 grandson of Sampson, was a foundation sire of the present American Standardbred"
"Rex (dog) Rex (December 16, 1984 – August 31, 1998) was a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel owned by Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy during his term as President of the United States. Rex was bred by dog breeder Irene Murphy of Greenwich, Connecticut. His registered name was Martlet-Or Worcester. Conservative commentator William F. Buckley, Jr. purchased littermate brother Freddy from the breeder and later arranged for President Reagan to purchase one-year-old Rex and give Rex as a Christmas present to his wife Nancy on December 6, 1985. The White House's previous canine occupant, the Reagans' Bouvier des Flandres named"